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brevibus

brevibus is a Latin form of brevis, meaning “short, brief; small, narrow; (brevi) shortly, in a short time”. It is the dative plural feminine noun or ablative plural masculine noun or dative plural masculine noun or ablative plural masculine adjective.

Found 73 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 4.52: … , vitam nostram, consilia, voluntates, non verba corrigi. quis enim potest istis, quae te, ut ais, delectant, brevibus et acutis auditis de sententia decedere? nam cum expectant et avent audire cur dolor malum non sit, dicunt il …

Apuleius, Florida 9·5: … talem dedisses. qua utinam perpetuo liceret frui. quid nobis cum istis proconsulum uicicibus, quid cum annis breuibus et festinantibus mensibus. o celeres bonorum hominum dies, o praesidum optimorum citata curricula. iam te, Se …

All forms of brevis (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.